Particular standouts are Suzy Amis as Jo and Bo Hopkins. I always felt that Hopkins was a bit of a light-weight (particularly considering the parts in the 1970s), but he proves himself to be an excellent actor. It’s a real shame neither of these actors got much work after the film debuted–they certainly deserved it. All in all, if you are a fan of the Western Genre worth a look at
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The Ballard Of Little Joe on DVD, Drama, Suzy Amis, Bo Hopkins
The Ballard Of Little Joe on DVD, Drama, Suzy Amis, Bo Hopkins
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Based on a true story, this is the tale of Josephine Monaghan, a young woman of the mid nineteenth century who is thrown out of her parents’ home after being seduced by the family’s portrait photographer and giving birth to his child. Josephine quickly learns that young, female, pretty, and alone are a bad combination for life in the wild west. In her desperation to survive, Josephine disguises herself as “Jo”, a young man, and struggles to make a life for herself in a dingy frontier mining town. Can “Little Jo” live and love without revealing his secret?
STARS: Suzy Amis, Bo Hopkins, Ian McKellen
121 min | Drama, Romance, Western | 1993 | Color
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A little slow, but excellent nonetheless
The Ballard Of Little Joe, This is a non-action-oriented Western about a woman who, for years, masquerades as a man. At the beginning of the film, she is thrown out by her father after she gives birth to an illegitimate child, so she travels west. However, along the way, she is attacked and decides to disguise herself as a guy so she’ll be left alone. While this might be seen as a strongly feminist or gay-positive movie (featuring a very alternative lifestyle, indeed), the movie did not seem preachy or agenda-driven. Instead, it is a smart film that takes a very slow and leisurely pace to the ultimate conclusion. I would have preferred the pace and mood to perhaps be a little less somber, but considering how intelligent the film was, I will certainly forgive this.
